the legendary race. patricktoldcnn's donlemon that she loves the idea of going beyond racing in general. >> one of the coolest things is to be able to think that parents and their kids are having that conversation at home about it. and to, you know, i've heard stories about, look, a kid, a boy or a girl, saying, but mommy, daddy, that's a girl that's out there racing, and then they can have that conversation to say, you can do anything you want to do and gender doesn't matter. your passion is what matters. and that's cool. >> patrick won the pole position by going more than 196 miles an hour, that's almost 200 miles an hour. the daytona 500 is sunday. >>> man's best friend is also a lifesaver. charlie, a border collie mix, is getting credit for saving mike cameron. first, charlie woke cameron up by jumping on his chest as a fire raged in his house in nova scotia last week. cameron says he got up and started looking for his cats. he said he collapsed by the door but felt charlie burning him out of the pulling house by his shoulders. cameron believe also the pooch rounded up the cats and

-old sister was shot and killed while walking with friends, one of whom may have been the intendedtarget.cnn's tedrowlands has moran the story. he's joining us now. what are you finding out, ted? >> reporter: well, wolf, it is just another tragic story coming out of chicago. another teenager loses her life. as you mention, a 14-year-old girl who was up on stage with the president, listening to him talk about gun violence, would soon find out that her sister was also shot and killed. when president obama returned to chicago last week to talk about gun violence, 14-year-old destiny warren was one of the high school students standing behind him. a few hours later, destiny's 18-year-old sister was shot and killed in this alley in north chicago. >> all this gun violence that's going on out here, you never think it will be your child. this is the hardest thing for me in my life. >> reporter: according to family members, jenay wasn't the intended target. the same was apparently true in 15-year-old heidi's murder. her parents also attended the president's chicago speech where he said this about the

? >> boston red sox, go! >> my goodness. >> "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. carol, good morning. >>> happening now in "the newsroom," safe and sound. >> he's been through a lot. he's endured a lot. >> reporter: relief and hope this morning as 5-year-old ethan is recovering after being held hostage in an underground bunker. >> by the grace of god, he's okay. >> reporter: this hour, find out how the boy was saved from storming the bunker to reports of secret cameras, even the u.s. military was involved. >>> all right, we've lost lights. >> all right, we're going to a manual override. >> reporter: new reports the last-minute electrical upgrades caused that power outage during the super bowl. today we're on the ground pressing the city and the power company to tell us what happened. >> yeah, super bowl power outage during the middle of the super bowl in louisiana. don't worry, fema said they will be there no later than thursday. no later than -- >> reporter: trapped in a four-alarm fire, five firefighters barely escaping the blaze. the amazing story from baltimore this morni

it alacarte in the future. this cable thing you'll get toseecnnbecauseyoulikecnn. >>you all two stop it, we're trying to get paid, this is a cable network. >> future. >> 30 seconds. >> it's truck day in baseball. baseball teams loading up for spring training heading down to florida and arizona, annual raising for hope. ladies and gentlemen you can believe in america once again. >> seriously, john? >> boston red sox, go! >> my goodness. >> "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. carol, good morning. >>> happening now in "the newsroom," safe and sound. >> he's been through a lot. he's endured a lot. >> reporter: relief and hope this morning as 5-year-old ethan is recovering after being held hostage in an underground bunker. >> by the grace of god, he's okay. >> reporter: this hour, find out how the boy was saved from storming the bunker to reports of secret cameras, even the u.s. military was involved. >>> all right, we've lost lights. >> all right, we're going to a manual override. >> reporter: new reports the last-minute electrical upgrades caused that power outage during t

to call for increased gunregulations.cnn's crimeand justice correspondence is joe johns. this is all part of a bigger push. >> wolf, we've seen it before, we'll likely see it again. this time it was a whole cast of artists and others performing gun control to try to kweep the pressure on congress. stars speaking out in washington. it's the latest push by gun control groups to lobby the congress. >> doing nothing will fail. doing nothing has failed. >> if we as a people don't act after sandy hook, then we as a people are broken. >> i would like assault weapons eliminated. >> the event follows a super bowl ard and a star-studded public service announcement. >> for the children of sandy hook. >> demand a plan. >> all part of a high-profile campaign by mayors against illegal guns to demand a plan from politicians in the wake of the sandy hook shooting. >> after a mass shooting like this, we usually expect for a month the public to be paying a lot of attention and it's possible to get the work done but the window is still open. it's been more than six weeks and it's not closing any time s

on valentine'sday.cnn's robyncurnow is joining us. update our viewers, robin. >> reporter: hi there. thanks for having me. can you believe it, it's only eight days ago that oscar pistorius admitted to shooting his girlfriend on valentine's day. it's been such a roller coaster ride for all of us watching this tragedy, slowly learning about all of these new details and one part of the story which is certainly not over did come to some conclusion today as os star pistorius walked out of court and is spending the night at a family home. take a look at this. a media frenzy on a road at rush hour. cameras trying to see what's behind the tinted window of the silver land rover, a glimpse of oscar pistorius sitting quietly in the back seat. that over there is oscar pistorius driving to freedom. he's just got bail and he's driving off down this street. in court this morning, the gold medal winner accused of killing his girlfriend was gaunt, motional, with no idea whether he would be granted bail. following final arguments, there was live audio transmission of his ruling, a ruling that detailed the ev

to become the next director of the cia. two voices i want to bring in. wehavecnnseniorlegal analyst jeff toobin here sitting with me in new york and in atlanta, tom juneau, esquire writer at large. tom, let me begin with you. you and i have talked multiple times about drones, ad nauseam about your piece in "esquire" last july, you write about anwar al awlaki, his son who you call collateral damage. in learning of this sort of secret memo coming about, was there anything in it that surprised you? >> yeah, a few things. number one, you know, this is the -- we're familiar with the sound of the administration speaking to us about these -- about this program. they have justified it in various different venues. but this is the sound of the administration speaking to itself. and when the administration speaks to itself, it gives itself even more power than i think than anybody thought. it sort of -- it is a hypothetical situation it describes. it keeps on describing an informed high level executive who can make these decisions. and it is amazing how much power this white paper gives that inform

microphone. let's work on that and then get back to her. let's go to jennifer delgado. she's inthecnnweathercenter in atlanta. what can you tell us? >> i can tell you a lot. we're still looking at snow coming down now for areas like amarillo, they were pounded yesterday with 19 inches of snowfall. but looking at the radar right now, right along interstate 7, you can see snow coming down. rain moving through st. louis. what we're going to see is more of that snow working in as we go throughout the afternoon. some of these locations are potentially going to pick up between 6 and 12 inches of snowfall. when you add that in with winds up to about 20, 25, of course we're going to be talking about very limited visibility. in fact, i want to point out to one bright side from yesterday. we had a lot more areas with the blizzard warnings. now notice we're just really looking at the northern part of oklahoma and that is going to be in place until 6:00 a.m. central standard time. but for kansas city as well as for areas up towards chicago and into detroit we have winter storm warnings and watc

intoatlanta.cnn's reneemarsh explains what happened. >> jonah is 19 months old and a cure i don't say ordinary toddler. but what allegedly happened on a february 8th flight from minneapolis was far from ordinary. jessica bennett says she and her adopted son were on the flight in seat 28b. next to them in seat 28a was this man, joe ridley of idaho. >> he was just being rude and belligerent. i fell very uncomfortable. she says she even left her seat and stood in the back of the plane holding jonah for much of the flight. she had to sit back down for landing in atlanta. because of the altitude change, jonah was uncomfortable and crying. then it got ugly. >> i was having trouble comforting him, and that's when the guy had made his comment to me. >> court documents say he allegedly told to quote, shut that "n" word baby up. >> i could not believe he would say something like that to a baby or about a baby. >> and then huntley allegedly slapped jonah hitting him in the eye. >> and then to hit him. i felt like i was in another world. i was shaking. >> according to the criminal complaint, fell

way northeast. check out these amazing images shot byacnnireporterjust outside amarillo on monday. parts of the texas panhandle saw 19 inches of snow monday, forcing out the tow trucks in white out conditions. and from the ground to the air no snow but plenty of wind was on hand to whip around planes at the san antonio international airport. gusts hit more than 54 miles per hour at the airport, fortunately no injuries were reported. back in kansas city people just want a break from all the snowfall. >> it's been a long seven days, ten days something like that. i'm ready to go home. >> reporter: so, wolf, the worst of it has hit us here in kansas city, missouri and the system don't track to the north-northeast up towards chicago, michigan and canada and we also know that the storm is weakening according to our meteorologists. >> doesn't look like much traffic behind you, george. are people pretty much still hunkered down in kansas city? >> reporter: you don't find too many people on the roads. a lot of people are heeding that warning to stay inside. i can tell you the roads, the hi

. >> what did you say? >> reporter: just don't say -- >> adios. >> reporter: jeannemoos,cnn-->> adios. >> reporter: -- new york. >> unbelievable. >>> falling from space at a rate of more than 843 miles per hour, that is how fast daredevil felix baumgartner fell when he jumped from space. that was back in october. now, the official speed has just been released. even faster than the record keepers thought at first. >>> that does it for me. brooke baldwin takes it from here. "cnn newsroom" continues. >>> it is the end of an era for the post office, but we're asking should one of america's worst run companies be privatized? i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. so at this point who hasn't testified about guns? >> when your dad says something, you listen. >> celebs on the hot seat. >>> plus, chilling new details about the bunker built for war. >>> and who is joe arpaio enlisting to train posses of school guards? yep, steven segal. >>> hi there. i'm brooke baldwin. top of the hour here, perhaps it means something that hollywood stars and other celebrities are now jumping on the gun control b

but technically in two days we head over that cliff. >>> "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. i'll see everybody back here tomorrow morning for "starting point." have a great day. >>> breaking news, a balloon in cairo explodes and plummets thousands of feet. >>> also a blizzard for the history books. >> this one could be more treacherous to travel in. >> snow falling horizontally in middle america this morning. >> we declared a state of emergency for kansas city, missouri. >> plus marijuana nation. >> marijuana cultivation, distribution and consumption is going to happen with or without their acceptance. the choice that we have to make is whether we want to regulate and tax it. >> reporter: and tax it they will. some dispensaries could see tax rates as high as 75%. >>> plus this. a year after the shooting death of trayvon martin, artist, activist chuck dee joins to us talk about his new project "beyond trayvon." you're live in the "cnn newsroom." and good morning, thank you so much for being with me. i'm carol costello. we begin this morning with what's being called the deadlies

at first. >>> that does it for me. brooke baldwin takes it from here. "cnn newsroom" continues. >>> it is the end of an era for the post office, but we're asking should one of america's worst run companies be privatized? i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. so at this point who hasn't testified about guns? >> when your dad says something, you listen. >> celebs on the hot seat. >>> plus, chilling new details about the bunker built for war. >>> and who is joe arpaio enlisting to train posses of school guards? yep, steven segal. >>> hi there. i'm brooke baldwin. top of the hour here, perhaps it means something that hollywood stars and other celebrities are now jumping on the gun control bandwagon. take a look with me. recognize some of these faces? this was the scene just a short time ago on capitol hill. a celebrity backed group. they have a name for themselves, they call themselves demand a plan. they took center stage in washington today. basically their message to congress is this, act now, do something to reduce gun violence. here's tony bennett. >> i still haven't gotten ove

at a kansas city restaurant. a city officialtellscnnacompany laying down a fiber optic cable did not have a work permit for the job. an employee ended up drilling into a gas line. an hour later, the huge blast killed one person and injured at least 15. not having that permit could mean up to six months in jail. >>> three hours from now, the senate finance committee will vote on jack lew's nomination. o they will vote on whether to end the filibuster on chuck hagel's nomination to be defense secretary. hagel is expected to be confirmed. >>> more evidence suggests that the secret to heart health is what you need. a just-published study finds eating a mediterranean style diet with nuts, olive oil, even some wine cuts cardiovascular death rights by 30%. spanish researchers ended the study early about five years into it, saying it would be unethical not to end the study. >>> okay, finally, a rap video featuring flashy cars, women in tight clothes, suggestive dancing, not unusual, but this rapper is 9 years old. unusual and using lyrics like coke is not a bad word. child welfare workers are tak

jimmy cartertoldcnn's piersmorgan that the president thanked his grandson, who is a political opposition researcher. james reportedly was the go between in were iing mother jones with the new infamous tape. here's what carter, the former president had to say about it. >> when james went to meet president obama, president obama ran across the room, embraced him and thanked him. >> basically, carter won obama the election. >> i think so. that's kind of a prejudice. >> kind of. >> he said seriously that the 47% tape was a pivotal moment for the obama relocation campaign, which both campaigns acknowledge. up next, the minority report, we're bringing back the touch screen, taking a dive into a mystery, why are latinos losing in latino districts. you're watching the "the daily rundown." for access to one of the top wealth management firms in the country. for a team of financial professionals who provide customized solutions. for all of your wealth management and retirement goals, discover how pnc wealth management can help you achieve. visit pnc.com/wealthsolutions to find out more.

them out for medical care. at4:53,cnnreportedthat dorner was pinned down. at 4:53, they reported he is not yet in custody and we continued to hear gunfire as this battle apparently with dorner takes place. carter evans was reporting by phone. he was able to get a satellite truck into that remote area. we hope to have pictures for you as the newscast continues. we'll stay on top of it and let you know what developments there are, as this is taking place right now. >> we can only hope that there is a resolution and a resolution soon. >> now to our other big story, a university of maryland grad student goes on a shocking murder and suicide rampage, targeting his college roommate. >> we have breaking news on the background of this mentally ill shooter, including surprising ties to the space agency. the shooting broke out in the 8700 block of 36th street. two student, including the attacker, are dead. one is wounded. topper live at the crime scene with more on what was really a bizarre series of events. scott. >> shooter is identified as 23- year-old dayvon maurice green of rosedale,

haha have learned and jahmeshia discussing the sequester. pair it with what senator graham saidoncnnjustyet. let me play it. >> we'll criticize everything he does. mr. president, it is now up to you to find the $85 billion in savings and we'll make it easier for you but we'll criticize the decision. this is a bipartisan problem. i voted against this deal because it would destroy defense. lousy way to cut $1.2 trillion and which is achievable. i'm willing to raise revenue, raise $600 billion of new revenue if the democratic friends reform entitlements and fix sequestration together. >> he says fix it together but the top of the comment says every decision the president makes we'll criticize. how do you make heads or tails of that? >> the truth is even if lindsay graham is willing to meet halfway, no republicans on the house share this point of view. you can have a meeting with president obama and be lovely, i'm sure, but the end of the day this is a republican controlled house of representatives that wants to cut spending, cut government. that's the philosophy. they're thrilled this

is having him on soononcnn. thankgod. >> he had a very melodramatic speech after the titanic loss. this is not the end. this can't be the end. this isn't the end. this is not the end. we cannot let this guy end it for us. >> this guy being the president. >> oh! why are the hammers on the floor? [ applause ] >> stephanie: continue to exist here. our dick morris impressions by jim ward. i don't know what the deal is because karl rove was just as wrong although i have to say at least he was exposed for the -- always so all powerful, karl rove. scary. he is a sad pathetic, little wrong man on election flight sputtering. anyway, this is what caused all of the trouble. fight, fight fight. >> love this. >> stephanie: shoving each other into the lockers. leaders of the tea party fuming about plans by some republican strategists including karl rove to raise money to help quote-unquote electable candidates win primary races. leaders of the tea party and other republican groups that oppose abortion and gay rights responded by calling rove a fake conservative who had declared war on the tea p

so of one branch of government. >> former secretary of defense, robert gates,oncnn's "stateof the union" this morning spoke up for a check on the president's ability to take on these attacks as well. take a listen to this. >> i think some check on the ability of a president to do this has merit as we look to the longer-term future. >> why not have a judicial or a congressional panel as part of the process, general? >> well, i think congressional oversight is absolutely required. we do that with cia operations in general anyway. and clearly, congress retains the power to fund or not fund programs, to impeach the president or senior officers of the government. we do want checks and balances, but congress is not a good decision-making branch for wartime operations, and seshlg essentially, that's what we're doing here, we're trying to keep another 9/11 from happening. and primarily, i might add, these aren't operations in canada and france. >> right. >> we're talking ungoverned, lawless areas of the world. >> peter baker, "the new york times" this morning, i'm sure you saw this

'. >> i'll bet she is. >> stephanie: straightnewscnnreporters.>> this is not the kind of speech the president would deliver if he thought a deal was going to get hammered out this week. it was so clearly partisan, such an aggressive attack of blaming republicans for the stalemate and clearly setting up the blame if the cuts are triggered on friday and saying it is because of house republicans. that is not the kind of environment you create if you think you're on the verge of a deal. >> it is because of house republicans. >> stephanie: see what i mean? >> oh, god. she is yellen. >> if you're not right at least be loud. >> sure. >> stephanie: laura ing gram on fox and friends. battered press syndrome. >> he's just not that into you. >> confuse them. it is like the one-night stand that lasted for four years. he got re-elected, got what he wanted. sweetheart i'll leave your payment on the table and i'm gone. i'm sorry. it is embarrassing. >> wow. >> stephanie: we're the president's whore? the whole country? is that what she's saying? >> yes because we voted for him. >> stephanie: eq

was the network's chief white house correspondent 2009 until 2012 and just last month, left tojoincnnasthe chief washington correspondent and anchor of an upcoming daily news show. his book, "the outpost: an untold story of american valor", is about a 2009 battle in afghanistan. one magazine described it as perhaps the best afghanistan but to date. please welcome to the savannah book festival, jake tapper. [applause] >> thank you so much. i know sergeant burchfield who is in the book and his family are here. anybody who is in the book over there, there she is, hello. he and his son and i believe everything is set. also, but he is a national guardsman. he was training afghan soldiers and gave his life trying to save an afghan soldier six years ago tomorrow. in any case, anybody who is here whose lives are chronicled in the book or lives of loved ones are chronicled in the book, it means so much when they do turn out much when they do turn out and come to visit us. please come over and introduce yourself after the event. i am not a likely person to have written the war book. i have co

later, you're watchingoncnnanothershooting that took place in up -- upstate new york. what was your reaction to that? guest: that was almost two years after the shot -- after the shooting i had been involved in. i have learned a great deal about how the situation i was involved in king to be. how the school knew the student, the mental health policies, and gun policies, how this person was allowed to buy a gun, despite having the federal record that prohibited them from doing so. he had a mental adjudication. i had not seen other shootings. i cannot watch them. -- had not watched them. i cannot turn away. i watched the news unfold and i thought, this is how the whole world saw what happened to me. now i am seeing it happen to somebody else. yet, we change nothing. there have been no progressions in terms of gun policy or mental health policy. what gives? the end of that day was my pivot point. at that point, i said, look, i have to do whatever i can to address this issue. i became involved with the british campaign and have been involved ever since. -- the brady campaign and have be

every day, the notion of americans check in the news on their phones, are goingtocnnorc-span, these are things cultivated in that. -- in that period. he led a fascinating life, but his influence that he yielded is still with us today. >> to not put some -- such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. remember, all men could be tyrants if they could. if particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment are -- a rebellion. >> abigail adams, one of the women who served as first lady and c-span's the original series, "first ladies: influence and image." this was produced with the white house historical association. season one begins present state, february 18, at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, c-span radio, and on c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: patrick reis is with politico and writes on finance and economic issues. he's your to talk about the job issues -- the job numbers announced yesterday. the economy added 150,000 new jobs, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9%, which is what we have there on o

story on wall street. after bottoming out four years ago, the dow has since climbed111%.cnnhasseen a mood shift on wall street. the economy is slowly improving, not fast enough for a lot of people. unemployment too high. some key economic indicators are getting better. what's going right? manufacturing and construction activity picked up. the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9% in january, we learned that more jobs added in 2012 than first reported. fear of a financial crisis is lessening. back in portland, julie's job hunt is now over. >> i got the job! >> reporter: one more piece of economic news. gas prizes moving to the upside and fast. up 13 cents in a week. up 20 cents in a month but, of course, you will pay more if you are in california or the great lakes or the east coast. for "today," tom costello, nbc washington. >>> time to get a check of the day's other top stories. >> with jenna in new orleans, tom is filling in. >>> good morning, everyone. we start with another attempt to rein in iran's nuclear ambitions. vice president joe biden says that the u.s. is ready to hold tal

it was interesting to hear conservative rock god ted nugent really levelacnncommentarior. that's what the republican party needs. it should lay out wisdom and aggressively counterattack views that are void of reason. >> surely bill o'reilly must have met ted nugent in the hallway when he was leaving sean hannity's studio. this is a guy who said hillary clinton should sit on his machine gun. >> stephanie: yes. >> and he has made threats against including president obama. >> stephanie: if i can make a small correction. i believe he said suck on. >> oh, i apologize it's not often that you hear phallus humor. >> stephanie: okay. rush limbaugh >> the president of iran has told the editor in chief of an egyptian newspaper that iran is now a nuclear state. you know he waited for hill -- hilary to split with her ball lockbox before he made the announcement. >> yeah. i believe they sent a monkey into space before he came back with a makeover. >> stephanie: he's a slow loris. >> yes it's some kind of space time tin you um. >> stephanie: all right. steve doocy. >> days after

it.cnnreportshe offered his 14-year-old daughter $200 to quit facebook for five months. a photo of an agreement letter went viral online yesterday. he is giving her $50 in april and the remaining 150 in june if she stays off of the social network until then. a new pew study shows 61% of americans have taken a break from facebook for a few weeks or more but not necessarily for money. >> bill: this is an issue but i don't do facebook. i will not do facebook. i think it is a colossal waste of time and so much is phony. i have adult friends who spend hours befriending people on facebook that they do not know the first frickin thing about and they get excited when somebody friends them that they never freakin heard of. it's insane. insane. >> facebook is the devil. let's be clear. it is the devil. >> meanwhile, like your facebook page at billpressshow >> bill: i see it for a show you would want to be part of something. i do. >> i was anti-facebook for a long, long time. i signed up because i had a lot of friends, far-flung and we said it w

an e-mail. this article --that'scnnmorningnews. clint in houston, arkansas, on our oppose line. caller: that's actually houston, alaska. host: that's actually what it says on the screen at. caller: >> no problem. ussilla.t outside wasel we live in one of the highest cost of living areas. i strongly oppose raising the minimum wage, due to the fact that the local economy here will suffer. they will not be able to hire as many people with a higher minimum wage. but we are all welcome to our own personal perspective on that. that is my perspective. host: are you a small business owner? what kind of work do you do? caller: i work for a locally companydrainnd wateand company. i make more than minimum wage. it is due to my skill set that i have achieved through my career. people should learn more about than minimum wage if they prepare themselves and get educated threw their career. host: jack is on our support line. caller: i am so glad to see the uprt that you put comparing the other countries. i did read in one of the magazine's. they quoted australia's minimum wage. the authors sa

america changes we have growing pains. these are difficult growing pains. >> mr.blackwellcnn. >>las vegas pleas to making a desperate plea for help in finding in oakland man's killer. police say they have a war for the arrest of 26 year-old ammar harris. harris is a prime suspect in the shooting last week on the strip that left three people dead. harris faces three murder charges in the thursday incident. one of the victims is a well known rap artist, kenny clutch. witnesses say black range rover with a dealer plates pulled up alongside the maserati driven by a clutch and start firing. appellees what people know where hair is whereabouts to come for. >> keep in mind he is wanted in the death of three people. we are urging you to give us a call. >> law enforcement in nevada as well as neighboring states are actively searching for that vehicle and its occupants. >> internet providers are going to begin to warn users of illegal about lows. the copper righcopyright alert systs being activated to target users who may be sharing files illegally. the new system will prompt internet service

played lindsey graham's message on sundayoncnnwhenhe said that the republicans didn't have a plan and their main focus was to deny everythi everything, criticize everything that the president has tried to do? that is their focus, just like the last four years, was to deny him a second term. now it is to criticize and deny everything that he does. and why would you manufacture a problem -- and another thing as a transportation person why didn't you get the real man? why did you not get ray lahood. host: we actually heard just moment ago from the transportation secretary ray lahood and his briefing to white house reporters on friday. keith laing is a reporter for the hill and he covers transportation. that is his specialty. can you reflect on the comments she had especially in relation to when do the cuts kick in and will be felt? there is some disbelief about that. guest: there is a disagreement about that. the cuts that they are talking about now are from their 2013 budgets. the agents would have discussion on how to distribute them and make the reductions across the board and get

about it. but have you played lindsay graham's message on sundayoncnnwhenhe said that the republicans did not have a plan and their main focus was to deny everything criticize everything that the president has tried to do. that's their whole focus, just like the last four years was to deny him a second term. now it's to criticize and deny everything that he does. and why would you manufacture a problem? and another thing, this transportation person, why didn't you get the real man? maybe you did get ray lahood? host: we heard from ray lahood in his briefing to white house reporters on friday. keith is a reporter from the hill and covers transportation and that's his specialty. can you reflect on the comments that she had especially in relation to when the cuts kick in and when will they be felt? guest: there is a disagreement about that. and the cuts that they're talking about now are from the 2013 budgets. the agencies would have discretion on how to distribute those cuts and just would have to make these reductions across the board if the sequestration is implem

's weightoncnn. >>i'm a republican so i like chris christie a lot. i want him to run. i just want him to lose weight. >> people who have a medical license, have the privilege of having a medical license, should in my view conduct themselves more responsibly than that. >> my position is more than a democrat or republican. i worry about this man dying in office. >> my 12-year-old son comes to me last night and says, dad, are you going to die? come on, this is irresponsible stuff. >> reporter: christie acknowledged he has a weight problem. a year and a half ago he was hospitalized from an asthma attack. >> my doctor warned me my luck is going to run out soon. it's something i'm conscious of. >> after years of david leno poking fun at his weight, christie and on the late show to show he, too, can get in on the joke. >> how is your cholesterol. >> dave, my cholesterol is normal, believe it or not. >> that's pretty good. what about your blood sugar? >> blood sugar, also normal. >> reporter: for dr. mariano, there's nothing normal about christie's health. on monday she replied to christie's

, really? >> even jessicafromcnnsaydo you have a picture? they have now released this one. it's from august we are told. how do you think is he doing. >> you can see the trees there. he has got the eprotecters on so he doesn't blow out his ears and he is firing at these clay pigeons that he would like to do on a regular basis. it's a hobby that he has picked up over the past year since going up to camp david. >> well, the nra saw this and responded immediately saying. this one picture does not erase a lifetime of supporting every gun ban and every gun control scheme imaginable. there is the quote right there. >> that's a gross generalization of the president's position. the white house over the past four years has said that the president does not support all of these types of gun bans. >> you know, up at camp david, presidents skeet shoot a lot. there are a lot of presidents throughout the years. >> talking about the form that president obama has compared to some past presidents. let's take a look at some other presidents with their firearms. >> calvin coolidge, you will will be surp

, that is a critical priority. we have heard both former c.i.a. director michael hayden in an interviewoncnnanda general say that it is now changed and that the impact of those strikes is creating a backlash. for example, it was said that the unmanned strikes is greater than the what they can appreciate. they are hated on a visceral level. he add the targeted killings add to the presence of american arrogance. he said this adds to the perception of americans that said we can fly where we want, we do what we want because we can. general hayden also has expressed concerns that now that the strikes are being used at lower levels, arguably, that they are creating a backlash that is undermining the credibility of government and creating new terrorists when a neighbor or family member is killed in the course of the operations. do you agree with general mcchrystal and director hayden about the backlash of strikes from the targeted killings at this point? i am not talking about the initial strikes. >> that is something that we need to be mindful of in terms of reaction, any type of u.s. counter-te

. [indiscernible] >> we will startwithcnn's gary,thank you. the vast majority of top security officials in the previous administration supported army circassian the rebels. were you briefed about this plan when you were in the senate, and what do you think about the plan proved the you think is time to start army the rebels? you think the mixed messages coming from iran, the foreign minister, and the president have said they would be open to talks with iran. the foreign minister had some nice, it's to say about you, but the supreme leader said direct talks are not possible. do you think there are prospects for a deal, and the you have a plan to move this forward? >> that was three questions. >> 1 + one does not equal two. >> b well done, i am impressed. [indiscernible] i beg your pardon? i am taking stock every day. next time i will ask you to ask have a question. let me answer that. the first part of your question, let me say that i do not know what the discussions were in the white house and who said what, and i will not go backwards. this is a new administration now. i am a new secre

of years later you were watchingoncnnanothershooting that took place in upstate new york in bloomington. what did you see, and what was your reaction to that? >> guest: it was april 3rd, 2009, almost two years after the shooting that i had been involved in. and i learned a great deal during that two-year time about how the situation i was involved in came to be. the school policies and the mental health policies and gun policies, how this person was allowed to buy a gun and despite having a record that prevented them from doing so they had a mental it to the occasion. i hadn't seen other shootings. i couldn't watch them up until that point but just how i kind of naturally turn on the tv that morning and saw the tv break i couldn't turn away. i sat there and i watched the news unfold throughout the course of the day and i thought this is how the whole world saw me and yet we change nothing. yet there was no policy on non-policy and mental health policy and i kept hearing that. what gives, and finally the was the end of that day, kind of my tipping point i have to deliver i can to address

. host: you then graduated and a couple of years later, you are watchingoncnnanothershooting that took place in upstate new york and what was your reaction to that? guest: april 3, 2009, almost two years after the shooting i had been involved and i learned how this situation i was involved with came to be, the school policies and how the school knew the student and how this person was allowed to buy a gun despite having a federal record that prohibited him from doing so. he had a mental ajudication. i couldn't watch other shootings up to that point but how i turned on the tv that morning and saw the story break, i couldn't turn away and i sat there and watched the news unfold throughout the course of the day and thought this is how the whole world saw it happen to me and now it happened to someone else. and we changed nothing. there have been no substantive progress in terms of gun policy and mental health policy and what gives. the end of that day was my tipping point and at that point i said i have to do whatever i can to address this issue and reduce the likelihood of what

're watchingoncnnanothershooting that took place in up -- upstate new york. what was your reaction to that? guest: that was almost two years after the shot -- after the shooting i had been involved in. i have learned a great deal about how the situation i was involved in king to be. how the school knew the student, the mental health policies, and gun policies, how this person was allowed to buy a gun, despite having the federal record that prohibited them from doing so. he had a mental adjudication. i had not seen other shootings. i cannot watch them. -- had not watched them. i cannot turn away. i watched the news unfold and i thought, this is how the whole world saw what happened to me. now i am seeing it happen to somebody else. yet, we change nothing. there have been no progressions in terms of gun policy or mental health policy. what gives? the end of that day was my pivot point. at that point, i said, look, i have to do whatever i can to address this issue. i became involved with the british campaign and have been involved ever since. -- the brady campaign and have been involved ever

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